Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2020-08-20

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Aug 20
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 105▼ 11 vs year ago 91 · −12.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 36▼ 115 vs year ago 163 · −70.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 20▲ 27 vs year ago 19 · +142.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; slaughter cows 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 2.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.55/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −80.72 against this barn's trailing median of $201.27.
Average price
$120.55
17 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487132.016433thin
Medium and Large 3480118.4356810thin
Medium and Large 2580117.246804thin
One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about −$37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

15 sales
235211187163median 201.2703/0904/0605/0408/2409/21
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.68, low $177.29, median $201.27 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
120.55
—
GA average17 barns · 1,494 hd
123.12
−2.57
This barn, trailing median15 sales
201.27
−80.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,46389.131,3042thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29461.5279623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38160.828409thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22055.216747thin

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615105.50/cwt105.00–106.006492
BullsMedium and Large 3—525113.80/cwt110.00–117.505976
Bulls——1,46389.13/cwt88.00–90.001,3042
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40868.36/cwt66.00–70.009634
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26355.81/cwt54.00–57.007055
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27261.61/cwt60.00–65.0078414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,24356.31/cwt54.00–59.007002
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480117.50/cwt117.50–117.505641
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460110.52/cwt107.50–113.005083
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22055.21/cwt53.00–60.006747
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42162.11/cwt60.00–64.008837
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,020837.25/cwt800.00–880.008,5402
HeifersMedium and Large 3—580104.50/cwt104.00–105.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516113.12/cwt110.00–117.505845
BullsMedium and Large 3—425123.01/cwt122.50–124.005233
BullsMedium and Large 3—375132.50/cwt132.50–132.504971
BullsMedium and Large 2—535120.99/cwt120.00–122.006473
BullsMedium and Large 2—715106.00/cwt106.00–106.007581
BullsMedium and Large 1—558123.51/cwt122.00–125.006892
BullsMedium and Large 1—345149.00/cwt149.00–149.005141

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.